Bona Drag

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The compilation was a reminder of how fruitful this period of Morrissey's career had been when he needed it most. Think it’s time to split this entry in two releases, the UK one with Obi and Limitation to 75o and the one w/out obi which seems to be widely available throughout the world. Would highly recommend, especially if you have not got any other Morrissey albums, this would be the one to start with for me! Morrissey decided to scrap the idea of a full-length LP and release a compilation of singles and B-sides instead. Issued in a gloss sleeve with a top opening picture/lyric inner sleeve which has a small die cut thumb section.

Bona Drag features all of Morrissey's solo singles up to that point, two of which ("Suedehead" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday") were taken from his first solo album Viva Hate, while the others were making their first ever appearance on an album. Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Bona Drag (LP Compilation Limited Edition Reissue Remastered Stereo Teal) - Discogs release: https://www. After the dissolution of the Smiths, Moz was, quite oddly, tipped by many to struggle without his longtime songwriting partner and bandmate Johnny Marr; he wasted no time proving them wrong, releasing his debut solo single, "Suedehead", just over two months after the final Smiths single. The album name meaning nice outfits is an example of the subculture slang Polari explored further on the album's first track " Piccadilly Palare".Morrissey began what was to be his follow-up album, Bona Drag, surrounded by acrimony and litigation. It became his biggest hit to that point, the first of four consecutive UK top-10 singles, and, with "Everyday Is Like Sunday", one of the tentpoles of his outstanding solo debut, Viva Hate. In a career of odd reissues and collections, however, they at least make a welcome addition to this 20th anniversary release-- all genuine curiosities for completists that will please non-fans.

Even without those additions, this would be one of the most complete and necessary compilations in rock history, working both as a functional and utilitarian way to catch up with Morrissey outside of the UK and as a way to re-assess him within it. Morrissey explained, "People will view it suspiciously in England but not in the rest of the world where all those funny little singles were never released. As a title, if not a studio creation, Bona Drag was rescued in 1990 and issued as a compilation record piecing together that first run of seven singles-- six of them rich and eclectic and rightly beloved, one of them the song that derailed his progress. Sunday, Suedehead, Will Never Marry, Hairdresser, and it even has the genius of Mary Margaret O'Hara on backing vocals - in case anybody forgot about her. There is not a bad track on this album and the new vinyl version with 5 extra tracks is even better.The album features an array of Morrissey's most popular songs from his early solo career, most of which had not been released on any previous album.